Will the iPhone be a Serious Business Device? — I had a long debate yesterday with James Joaquin, the former CEO of ofoto and one of the founders of When.com, about whether or not the iPhone will be just a toy or a serious business device. I think it is. He remains unconvinced.

Steve Jobs and the Orifice — David Pogue posted a sarcastic list of questions people have been asking about the iPhone over at the NYTimes. David is apparently a true believer and he has actually held an iPhone in his hand. But I submitted this response for posting as a comment on his blog:

Engadget: 10 million Page Views on iPhone Day — Jason Calacanis, the former CEO of Engadget's parent company, Weblogs, Inc., told me earlier today that the site had nearly 10 million page views on Tuesday when they covered the iPhone announcement - ten times their normal traffic of a million or so page views per day.

Why Hollywood Snubbed Jobs at Macworld — Most of Tinseltown won't buy into the Apple chief's digital vision until he ponies up more money and gets more serious about protecting content — By all accounts, Steve Jobs gave a socko performance, delivered with his usual charm and controversial style …

Infrastructure status, January 2007 — Okay, it's been a while since my last infrastructure status report, so I'll briefly cover the things that I know are going on. The executive summary is that things are relatively quiet. — The quarterly-ish PageRank export is underway.

Memory Infinite 'Stackable' USB Flash Drive Concept — Memory Infinite 'Stackable' USB Flash Drive Concept — Memory Infinite is a design concept by Vicky Wei. Instead of having to use multiple USB flash drives when one fills up, this flash drive has a female connector on one end and male on the other.

a practice broken, another silo solidified — I know i have some quirky habits but i really really really hate when web companies break them with their latest updates. One of my weird ones concerns getting directions to a place (which i do 2-3 times a day).

Tag Cloud View of Bill Gates CES Keynote — Todd Bishop at Seattle P-I newspaper has published a telling tag cloud view of Bill Gates' speech at CES earlier this week. Notes Bishop: … Here is the result: — This is an excellent use of tag clouds! I wrote in our wrap-of Gates' speech …

Getting their video on, in New Jersey — How's this for attitude? "The television station New Jersey doesn't have." — At The Star-Ledger, a Newhouse newspaper in Newark, New Jersey, a new video site called TV Jersey features work by staff photographers and contributions from the public.

Not Search Engine Spam — It's been a long time since I've engaged in serious spam fighting - about a decade. In 1998, the O'Reilly book Stopping Spam mentioned a spam filtering solution I had designed and helped implement for AOL's usenet system. Now, I find myself confronted …